Alma College men's soccer picked sixth

The Alma College menís soccer team was selected sixth in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Associationís preseason coaches poll Wednesday.

The Scots received 36 points in the voting, while Calvin College was selected to repeat as conference champions with 13 points, including three first-place votes.

Hope College was selected second with 14 points and three first-place votes, Kalamazoo College was third with 21 points and two first-place votes, Olivet College was fourth with 22 points, Adrian College was fifth with 32 points, and Trine University and Albion College were selected seventh and eighth respectively.

The Scots finished the 2012 season in seventh place in the MIAA with a 3-10-1 mark in conference play and a 7-12-1 overall record.